Effects of thinning on water and carbon cycle in a Teak plantation in Thailand

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24405031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Partial Multi-year Fund
• Section: 海外学術
• Research Field: Forest science
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: SUZUKI Masakazu 東京大学, 農学生命科学研究科, 教授 (10144346)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OHTE Nobuhito 京都大学, 情報学研究科, 教授 (10233199) ; TANAKA Nobuaki 東京大学, 農学生命科学研究科, 助教 (10323479)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 熱帯季節林 / 間伐 / 水収支 / 炭素収支 / チーク林 / タイ国

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to evaluate effects of thinning on water and carbon cycle, hydro-meteorological observation have been conducted in a Teak plantation in northern Thailand (18°25′N, 99°43′ E). Study Site is situated in a nearly flat and even aged teak plantation with a mostly homogeneous canopy structure. Thinning operation was carried out in March 2013 and March 2014.
Comparative observation of soil temperature, soil respiration, canopy interception between thinning plot and control plot and before and after thinning were conducted together with micrometeorological observation.

Free Research Field

森林水文学